Lock for satchels



(No Model.)

P. P. BRA-ILLARD.

LOCK FOR SATHELS, &G.

No. 397,487. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rEicE.

FRANCIS F. BRAILLARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,487', dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed January 3, 1889.

To all wwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS F. BRAILLARD, of Brooklyn, New York, have invented an Improved Lock for Satchels, ne., of which the following is a speciticat-ion.

This invention relates to a lock for satchels, chatelaine bags, and other articles, which is so constructed that it will not be apt to become automatically opened by accidental contact with the push-button or by a weakening of the spring. The lock is constructed` t0 be opened by a freely-swinging pendant, which operates the bolt only after being swung up to such an extent as to bring a nose on the pendant into Contact with the bolt-carrying plate or slide.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement, more fully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear view of the lock, showing` it on a bagfraine. Fig. 2 is a front view of the lock, eX- posing thev side ordinarily covered by the bag-frame. Fig. 3 is a front view of the bag'- fraine, showing the outline of the lock in dotted lines. Fig. 4c is a vertical transverse central section through the lock, showing it closed. Fig. 5 is a similar section showing it open.

The letters d a represent the two jaws of a bagor other device to be locked together. The jaw d carries the slotted plate b, which is to be engaged by the bolt or catch upon the other jaw, as usual. The jaw a is provided on its face with a pair of outwardlyprojecting posts, c c, upon which there is hung by pintle d a ring or other pendant, d, free to swing back and forth, and which may be used for pulling the jaws apart after the Vcatch has been opened. The ring d is provided at its upper end with a cani or nose, e, that projects through a slot of jaw a and into the lock-case f, riveted to the rear of jaw a.

Vithin the lock-case f there is placed a slide, i, having lateral extensions or shoulders i', that guide the slide within the case. To the slide t' there is affixed the bolt, catch, or hook j, that projects out of the slotted back plate, f, of case f, and that'is free to engage slotted plate Z9 on jaw a. Between the shoulders t" Serial No. 295,314. (No model.)

of slider.' and the bottom of case f there is placed, at each side of the slide, a spiral spring, la. These spiral springs, placed in the manner described, will not become worn or stiff'for a long time.

The slide e' has a long` slot, 2, and this slot is placed opposite the slot of jaw a. andopposite the nose e of pendant d, so that said nose may operate the slide in the manner hereinafter described.

The operation of the lock will be readily understood. Vhen the lock is closed, as in Fig-4, the springs k are distended and have thrown the slide e' upward, so that the hook j engages plate b. In this position the pendant d, by its weight, causes the nose @to stand in its most upright position, and thus the nose is entirely withdrawn from the loclecase. Vhen it is desired to open the lock, the pendant is swung upward. During the first partof its motion it will not affect the lock in any manner. It will. simply cause the nose e to enter slot As soon as the nose has been brought into contact with the lower edge of the slot, and as the pressure is continued, the nose will draw the slide 7l down against the action of springs 7a, thus opening the lock, Fig. 5. As the pendant is now released, the nose e will automatically withdraw from the lock-case and resume the position shown in Fig. 4. To close the lock it is only necessary to press the jaws a a together.

It will be seen that the ordinary vibrations ot pendant d will not open the lock. Not until the pendant has been pressed upward with sufficient force to niove the slide by means of the nose will the catch be released from plate b.

Vhat I claim isIM l. The combination ofv a slotted jaw with a vibrating pendant that has a nose passing through said slotted jaw, and with a slide carrying the locking-catch and adapted to be engaged by t-he nose, substantially as specilied.

2. The combination of slotted jaw a with outwardly-projecting posts c c, carrying a swinging pendant, d, having nose e, and with slide t', having catch j and slot 2, the nose e passing through slotted jaw a and into engagement with slot t2, substantially as -speospiral springs 7a, placed between shoulders t" ed. and the bottom of the look-ease, substantially 3. The combination of slotted jaw d with as speoied.

outwardlyprojeoting posts c, carrying pend- FRANCIS F. BRAILLARD.

zult d, that has nose e, and with the slide i, Witnesses:

having shoulders z" and slot 2, and with the F. V. BRIESEN,

catch j, secured to the slide, and with the WVM. VAGNER. 

